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Thursday, 19 October 2006 |
Veteran yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston to sail solo
Veteran British sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston will sail alone again on Sunday in the prestigious 5 Oceans solo round-the-world yacht race.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, 67, who in 1969 became the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world, will take to the sea against seven others in the race from Bilbao.
British sailors Mike Golding and Alex Thomson and Swiss star Bernard Stamm are also taking part in the race, which in its three legs includes stops in Fremantle, Australia, and Norfolk, USA.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was 30 when he took 312 days to circumnavigate the world in his 32ft wooden yacht Suhaili in the Sunday Times Golden Globe race and he was the only sailor to finish the course.
"My objective is to take 200 days off that," Sir Robin Knox-Johnston said.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is making a return to racing after retiring from sport after his wife died from cancer.
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